Alert about the legalization of electronic cigarettes

  Pulmonologist and sleep medicine specialist, Dr. Jessica Polese, has been alerting patients, work partners, and friends. The debate concerns the worry about Bill 5008/2023, which seeks to legalize the production and sale of electronic cigarettes in Brazil, a proposal presented on the 17th by Senator Soraya Thronicke (Podemos - MS). The doctor emphasizes that this discussion is very important. "Brazil needs to organize itself to prevent this situation from becoming legalized, because we have only seen problems, and they will only increase; once legalized, the situation may worsen," she emphasizes. "I hope that globally things become clearer, and that some limits start to be placed on the spread of electronic cigarettes, and Brazil must organize itself to prevent legalization here," she states. Jessica urges people to vote in the public consultation against legalization at this link. https://www12.senado.leg.br/ecidadania/visualizacaomateria?id=160523. "Most Medical Societies have positioned themselves against the law, and the Brazilian Society of Pneumology and Tisiology (SBPT) has also joined the campaign. According to pulmonologist and sleep medicine specialist Jessica Polese, electronic cigarettes (or vapes, e-cigarettes, e-cigs) represent a combination of risks with the dozens of chemical substances, including proven carcinogens for the lungs, bladder, esophagus, and stomach. "They contain nicotine that penetrates the body's circulation and is one of the causes of increased blood pressure, metabolic problems - especially cardiovascular - similar to cigarettes, and also the oily contents and flavorings, substances that irritate the lungs and are terrible for those who are allergic, and worse for those who are smoking and for those around them," warns the doctor. "The electronic cigarette becomes an entry point to regular cigarettes due to the nicotine, and if a person is chemically dependent, they will seek this nicotine in any situation they can," the doctor points out.